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Study: 10,000 qubits could crack key encryption sooner than expected

Researchers affiliated with Caltech and the quantum computing startup Oratomic have published a preprint claiming that Shor’s algorithm, the theoretical tool capable of breaking widely used public-key ...
Ars Technica

Locking the bad guys out with asymmetric encryption

Encryption, the transformation of data into a form that prevents anyone unauthorized from understanding that data, is a fundamental technology that enables online commerce, secure communication, and ...
Business Wire

ASC X9 Releases New Standard for Ensuring Security of Symmetric Key Management in Retail Financial Transactions, Using AES DUKPT Algorithm

ANNAPOLIS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today the Accredited Standards Committee X9 Inc. (X9) announced the release of a new standard enhancing the security of symmetric key management used in retail ...
TechSpot

Researchers have created a new and potentially dangerous encryption-breaking quantum algorithm

In a nutshell: Researchers at China's Tsinghua University believe they have discovered a quantum-based algorithm capable of breaking today's most complex encryption standards. The team claims that the ...